The knighthood I received was a fantastic honour but it's not something I've ever used and I don't think I ever will.

I am not an Englishman, I was never an Englishman, and I don't ever want to be one. I am a Scotsman! I was a Scotsman and I will always be one.

My own guide is always what I find interesting. If it's something that makes me think: 'I'd like to see this' then that's the yardstick I apply. Obviously that doesn't satisfy everybody.

I just think the most difficult thing to displace is privilege.

There's something fundamentally wrong with a system where there's been 17 years of a Tory Government and the people of Scotland have voted Socialist for 17 years. That hardly seems democratic.

I don't think there is anything particularly wrong in hitting a woman, though I don't recommend you do it the same way that you hit a man.